The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-12-07

Bailey has moved into Mrs. Blair's house
on Main street. 60 =. W. Ladd is in
quite feeble health.
East Orange.
ABOUT four o'clock Friday morning the
Union Westinghouse was discovered to be
on fire. An alarm was given, but before
help arrived the fire had so far progressed
that neither the house or its contents
could be saved. Two organs, a fine Sabbath
school library Zone hundred thirty volumes,
nearly new, the singng-books, together
with all the furnishings usually found in
country church, were consumed. A meet
ing OF the citizens was called the following
evening to see about rebuilding the church.
A soliciting committee was appointed and
some 1,200 pledged in less than one hour
to rebuild. Saturday evening the committee
reported about 81 800 raised. A building
committee was appointed to proceed with
the building of a new church as soon as
practicable There was no insurance on
the property burned. A defective stove
and pipe are the supposed cause. For
thirty-two years Thursday evening had
been the regular social prayer-meetng,
The time was changed to Friday even
ing to accommodate the singing master.
The following morning we were without
house of worship. - Last Wednesday
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w Simpson celebrated
their fifth marriage anniversary. The occa-
sion was rendered more interesting by the
marriage in the evening of Mr. Charles ID.
Burgin and Miss Amanda Carpenter.
East Randolph.
S. A. PARKER will preach here next Sun
day forenoon. Subject, "The Unfading
Light"
West Randolph.
REV. S. A. PARKER will preach in Me-
chanics' band hall next Sunday afternoon
at two o'clock Subject, Growing Up Into
! Christ"
West Topsham.
CHARLES BEEDE of Barre has bought the
Wallace Hotel and is to take possession as
soon as the travelling will admit. Mr.. Wal
| lace will board at the hotel for the present.
Mrs. Sawyer, who has been keeping house
for Mr.. Wallace, is, we understand, to re-
has purchased the Shipman place and
Andrew Marston has bought the Sanborn
place on lions Hill. - Rev. Horace
Jordan, an evangelist from Rochester,
n. H., has been holding a series of after
noon and evening meetings here for the
past two weeks. His labors have resulted
in much good and it is hoped that the good
work may continue.
Tunbridge.
Mr.. b. F. BUTTERFIELD has been offered
a good situation by a California lumber COM
pany and if he can sell his farm he will 90
to that state in the spring. - The South
Village school is being taught by Irving
Slack. Flora Smith is teacher in the North
Village school. - Mark Hall, ESQ, of
Derby Line was in town last week. -
Arson FELTON, has returned from a two
| years trip through the West. - f.. F.
Reynolds moved to South Royaton last
week - Whitney Relief Corps is to be
inspected tomorrow Thursday evening by
the department president, Mrs. Newcomb Of
Montpelier. - Ruth Lille, after a short
illness, died Friday. - Henry Murray
and Frank Broughton go to California this
week. - NJ. X. Griffith has been very
sick for a few days. - Mr.. and Mrs. S.
a. Beachley have gone to Berlin, Penn.
Williamstown.
THE long sickness of Mr.. Warren Poole,
one of our oldest citizens, terminated fatally
last week Wednesday. He was almost
eighty-sx years of age. Till within few
years he had seemed a remarkably we'll
preserved man. having been able to attend
to his farm and do the work usually ex-
pected only of younger men, His quiet life
was spent largely in this place, though in
early manhood he was tanner in Wash
ington and afterward went West for time.
A (thrd) wife and four children survive
him. We fear his death may also occasion
the loss to the place of good neighborly
family, such as it can ill-aford to lose.
- DR.. n w. Perry, for many years a
well-known physician in this place, died in
Burlington on Monday of last week at the
residence of his daughter, Mrs Alfred X.
Ballard, with whom he had long lived. He
was eighty-six years old. For years past he
had been quite inirm and unable to attend
to the duties of his profession. Those who
were much endeared to him by what they
knew of him here will surely be very glad
of fuller biographical and obituary notice
of him than any one here can give. We be-
lieve he was native OF Cabot. - Some
old Williamstownians will recall pleasantly
the late Alexander Smith, son-in-law of
the late d. NJ. Harrington and at one time
resident of this place. His daughter Ella
wife of Norman Mcleod of Barre, died on
Friday last of consumption, that sad in.
heritance of the Harrington family. Mrs
Mcleod had the same genial manner as heI
father, so well calculated to endear her tC
> friends. Her home in Barre was very
pleasant one. She leaves husband and
one little boy a year or two old. She was
twenty-three years of age. - Charles
Edison is to work till next spring in a store
in Greenleaf, Kansas. - Ed" House
is at work on a railroad, making WymOre
Nebraska, his headquarters. 30. L
, Lathrop is to furnish the Central Vermont
Railroad Company some material for the
trestle-work on Mrs. X. Il. Martins place
- DIR. Charles A Gale and wife of Rut
Z land were at home here for Thanksgiving
-" Carl" Benedict will attend the
winter term of Goddard Seminary and
board with his sister, Mrs. Herbert Colby
- The time passes so pleasantly with
Miss Ella Benedict in Burlington that she
, will remain there for the present. -
; Wilbur f. Adams and his cousin, Mis-,
: Annie Benedict started for California witt
the Raymond excursion this week Tues
; day Many good wishes will attend then
= both. - Nathaniel Wheatley of Brook
J field has come into possession of tn,
= Sumner Wheatley place here. -
John Perry is building the house nea
: Enos f. Walkers to be occupied by tn,
- family of Mr.. Rice Davenport, just now o
= st. Johnsbury. - Amasa w. Farnhau
takes this way to make his corn-fodder yer,
:. palatabe to his stock. He cuts it in shor
o pieces, puts it solidly into large barrels
y vets it with weak brine and let's il 60 work
- a little. His cattle eat it with keen relish
- General +. Bass has been confined
= of late to his house by ill-health, - Oh
i Friday evening of this week at the vilag
g school-house the town system of school
- will be the subject of debate The occasion
: ought to call out the best of our debater
= and good attendance. Rev. f. w. Ham
" blin is to be the editor-in-chief of the lyceuu
y paper for the season. He will surely labo
- to make il success. - A Rev. Mr.
~ Ellenwood, apioneer Methodist preacher il
~ Wisconsin, is visiting the family of hi
~ cousin, Mrs. Charles w. Scott. Born il
western New York, he comes of Vernon
and New Hampshire stock, his mother hay
= ing been an Orange county woman. ii
Il preached for Rev. f. w. Hamblin at tn
n w. u. Pratt school-house last Sunday after
: noon. - The Congregationalists viii
ar act the part of host in the Christmas enter
tainmpnt this wear. which all the Otlp